Greenwich. Zero meridian. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

I live in Greenwich. For about 20 years. I'll show it to you as a local, like that kulik. True, I will praise not a swamp, but the world-famous suburb of London, where the world-famous zero meridian passes. The place where time is born, as the English say.

Kipling once said, “West is West, East is East, and they cannot meet together.” Tourists go to Greenwich to stand with one foot in the western hemisphere and one foot in the eastern hemisphere. However, not everyone knows that Greenwich is the birthplace of the three most famous English monarchs. And also the center of knightly tournaments, just some 500 years ago. By the way, this tradition has recently been renewed, and if you are lucky, you can enjoy a knightly tournament in one of the districts of Greenwich.

I'm going to tell you how the meridian goes through Greenwich. Not without a love story, but without it? You’ll learn why Kathy Sark is considered the world’s fastest tea clipper, despite never winning a speed contest. And the horse's tail in the witch's hand? What about the red ball, which was used to determine the time of high tide, when there were no clocks? You know? I will be happy to share my knowledge with you, I promise to make it fun and interesting, and we will end the tour with a traditional tea party in the world’s only fan museum. Or in a traditional pub on the banks of the Thames, at one time so beloved by Dickens.

• Guide services. Entrance to free museums.